EU alert · RASFF Risk: Serious Food contact materials
Presence of heavy metals (cadmium and lead) in a glass cup from China via Denmark
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2025.10256
Summary
Alert notification notified by Slovakia concerning Glass cup (food contact materials), originating from Greece. Hazard: heavy metals.
A RASFF notification means that a risk was identified and shared between national authorities. It does not necessarily mean the product was sold in every country — check the distribution list and the measures taken.
Product
Glass cup
- Category
- Food contact materials
- Product type
- Food contact material
- Classification
- Alert notification
Hazards found (analytical results)
- cadmium - migration - heavy metals — result: 0,90 mg/item (max. permitted: 0,2 /mg)
- lead - migration - migration — result: 6,44 mg/item (max. permitted: 2 /mg)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: Information on distribution not (yet) available
- Notification basis: Official control on the market
Distributed to
Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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